Post by deadlydwarf on Sept 17, 2016 10:59:25 GMT

For DAO, it's hard for me to say, but I probably romanced Zevran the most. Being dumped by Alistair the first full play through hurt the most, however. I was avoiding all spoilers and boy was that a punch in the gut.

For DA2, I dodged the Anders trap. I wanted to romance Varric, but chest hair or no, he was unavailable. Cullen is also unavailable. That left Fenris of the oh-so-sexy voice.

Shocking confession: I have never finished DAI.

Gratuitous trolling: I'm not an ME fan.

I've never romanced a male; how exactly did you get Alistair to dump you?

Anyhow....DAO - Leliana, I can't resist those pouty lips. (Why did they have to ruin her look in the later games?)DA2 - Toss-up between Merrill and Isabella. Both very well written romances.Inquisition - Josephine, even though it was a "Rated G" romance; still very charming. The Cassandra romance was very well-written, but I couldn't get over the hair; it made her look too much like an effeminate guy. The Sera romance can be fun so long as your not a female Dalish elf.

I haven't finished a playthrough of ME yet. I'm not fond of the look of the game.

Post by mousestalker on Sept 17, 2016 11:25:32 GMT

For DAO, it's hard for me to say, but I probably romanced Zevran the most. Being dumped by Alistair the first full play through hurt the most, however. I was avoiding all spoilers and boy was that a punch in the gut.

For DA2, I dodged the Anders trap. I wanted to romance Varric, but chest hair or no, he was unavailable. Cullen is also unavailable. That left Fenris of the oh-so-sexy voice.

Shocking confession: I have never finished DAI.

Gratuitous trolling: I'm not an ME fan.

I've never romanced a male; how exactly did you get Alistair to dump you?

Anyhow....DAO - Leliana, I can't resist those pouty lips. (Why did they have to ruin her look in the later games?)DA2 - Toss-up between Merrill and Isabella. Both very well written romances.Inquisition - Josephine, even though it was a "Rated G" romance; still very charming. The Cassandra romance was very well-written, but I couldn't get over the hair; it made her look too much like an effeminate guy. The Sera romance can be fun so long as your not a female Dalish elf.

I haven't finished a playthrough of ME yet. I'm not fond of the look of the game.

If you are anything other than a human noble then he will dump you unless you choose an uncomfortable set of options. It's pretty much inevitable.

Post by deadlydwarf on Sept 17, 2016 11:58:21 GMT

I've never romanced a male; how exactly did you get Alistair to dump you?

Anyhow....DAO - Leliana, I can't resist those pouty lips. (Why did they have to ruin her look in the later games?)DA2 - Toss-up between Merrill and Isabella. Both very well written romances.Inquisition - Josephine, even though it was a "Rated G" romance; still very charming. The Cassandra romance was very well-written, but I couldn't get over the hair; it made her look too much like an effeminate guy. The Sera romance can be fun so long as your not a female Dalish elf.

I haven't finished a playthrough of ME yet. I'm not fond of the look of the game.

If you arwe anything other than a human noble then he will dump you unless you choose an uncomfortable set of options. It's pretty much inevitable.

Got it! He can marry a human noble, but a mage, dwarf, and especially an elf not so much. You definitely miss out on some of the DA games great depth by not experimenting more.

Post by goldengail3 on Sept 17, 2016 13:22:11 GMT

I've never romanced a male; how exactly did you get Alistair to dump you?

Anyhow....DAO - Leliana, I can't resist those pouty lips. (Why did they have to ruin her look in the later games?)DA2 - Toss-up between Merrill and Isabella. Both very well written romances.Inquisition - Josephine, even though it was a "Rated G" romance; still very charming. The Cassandra romance was very well-written, but I couldn't get over the hair; it made her look too much like an effeminate guy. The Sera romance can be fun so long as your not a female Dalish elf.

I haven't finished a playthrough of ME yet. I'm not fond of the look of the game.

If you are anything other than a human noble then he will dump you unless you choose an uncomfortable set of options. It's pretty much inevitable.

Unless your me, who played as a female Amell who romanced him but left him a Warden... It's very easy to leave Alistair a warden or/ and even be his mistress (which requires hardening him though or yeah, he'll dump you...)

Post by mousestalker on Sept 17, 2016 13:25:24 GMT

If you are anything other than a human noble then he will dump you unless you choose an uncomfortable set of options. It's pretty much inevitable.

Unless your me, who played as a female Amell who romanced him but left him a Warden... It's very easy to leave Alistair a warden or/ and even be his mistress (which requires hardening him though or yeah, he'll dump you...)

Good point. I almost always make him king so I didn't remember the part about him remaining a warden.

Post by puckishrogue94 on Sept 22, 2016 1:52:56 GMT

DAO: Zevran. The very first time I played Origins I was romancing Alistair but promptly (maybe a little heartlessly...) dumped him after meeting Zevran, and I have a hard time romancing anyone else, I always go back to him, because, well, Zevran!DA2: Always toss up between Fenris and Anders, can never really decide. Anders is very sweet in the beginning and deteriorates towards being insufferable towards the end, whereas Fenris is a bit prickly and unrewarding until Act 3, then he becomes VERY rewarding. Why can't I have both, or be allowed to dump Anders in Act 3 for Fenris? DAI: I usually romance Iron Bull (because dwarf lady) but my favourite is Solas, easily. I just wish he wasn't race-gated.

+ ME: Garrus!

"In the depths of the Catacombs, M'lady slipped off the giant's coffin and into a hole. Her two companions are no longer human, and the lass weeps in solitude."

Post by deadlydwarf on Sept 22, 2016 21:55:58 GMT

If you are anything other than a human noble then he will dump you unless you choose an uncomfortable set of options. It's pretty much inevitable.

Unless your me, who played as a female Amell who romanced him but left him a Warden... It's very easy to leave Alistair a warden or/ and even be his mistress (which requires hardening him though or yeah, he'll dump you...)

Dumb question: if you leave him as a Warden, where is he during Awakening?

Post by goldengail3 on Sept 22, 2016 23:08:18 GMT

Unless your me, who played as a female Amell who romanced him but left him a Warden... It's very easy to leave Alistair a warden or/ and even be his mistress (which requires hardening him though or yeah, he'll dump you...)

Dumb question: if you leave him as a Warden, where is he during Awakening?

I don't know, I haven't gotten that far with my Warden-Alistair romances...

Post by puckishrogue94 on Sept 23, 2016 2:01:01 GMT

Unless your me, who played as a female Amell who romanced him but left him a Warden... It's very easy to leave Alistair a warden or/ and even be his mistress (which requires hardening him though or yeah, he'll dump you...)

Dumb question: if you leave him as a Warden, where is he during Awakening?

I think it's "implied" by the powers that be that he's off doing warden stuff elsewhere, since I don't think this path of his romance offers a letter explaining his absence like Zevran and Leliana. Bit of a cheap cop out but I guess they didn't want to use the resources to implement him as a companion in Awakening because many other people would've made him king, or killed him off, or exiled him.

"In the depths of the Catacombs, M'lady slipped off the giant's coffin and into a hole. Her two companions are no longer human, and the lass weeps in solitude."

Post by BevH on Sept 27, 2016 3:01:24 GMT

Unless your me, who played as a female Amell who romanced him but left him a Warden... It's very easy to leave Alistair a warden or/ and even be his mistress (which requires hardening him though or yeah, he'll dump you...)

Dumb question: if you leave him as a Warden, where is he during Awakening?

Not a dumb question. It's not really addressed in Awakening, but in Inquisition, Alistair will mention that he was off killing darkspawn while the warden was recruiting for the Fereldan wardens.

Post by deadlydwarf on Sept 27, 2016 3:16:52 GMT

Dumb question: if you leave him as a Warden, where is he during Awakening?

Not a dumb question. It's not really addressed in Awakening, but in Inquisition, Alistair will mention that he was off killing darkspawn while the warden was recruiting for the Fereldan wardens.

If you make Alistair king, he at least makes a cameo appearance in Awakening. So I was wondering if you leave Alistair a warden (something I've never done), does he become a possible companion in Awakening? I didn't think so, but I wanted to make sure. I suppose Bioware figured hiring the voice actor for Awakening wasn't worth it since most players would make him king in Origins.

Post by goldengail3 on Sept 27, 2016 22:37:44 GMT

Not a dumb question. It's not really addressed in Awakening, but in Inquisition, Alistair will mention that he was off killing darkspawn while the warden was recruiting for the Fereldan wardens.

If you make Alistair king, he at least makes a cameo appearance in Awakening. So I was wondering if you leave Alistair a warden (something I've never done), does he become a possible companion in Awakening? I didn't think so, but I wanted to make sure. I suppose Bioware figured hiring the voice actor for Awakening wasn't worth it since most players would make him king in Origins.

Post by marilla on Oct 4, 2016 19:20:10 GMT

DAO: Zevran. I liked Alistair too, but he never works for me as a romance. I mostly play elves, and I prefer Alistair as the king. I don't want to get dumped and I don't want to be a mistress, so I've only really romanced him on my human noble playthrough.

DA2: Anders! My first Hawke was actually shaped a bit around the Anders romance. I had a lot of fun roleplaying that particular character.

DAI: Solas is the only one I've played all the way through, but I love it and it will be canon. I did download the multi romance mod and tried a bit of Cullen and Bull because I'm only intending one playthrough. Bull is fun and Cullen was really sweet, but a Solas romance just fits so well with my character and the plot.

ME1: Garrus. Yes, he's not a romance...but still, Garrus! Haha, I usually just romance Kaidan in this one and then roleplay my character as dumping him after Horizon and going to Garrus.ME2: Doesn't need to be said, but...GarrusME3: Still Garrus. Tried to play through ME3 with a Liara romance. Ended up going after Garrus again.

Post by goldengail3 on Oct 4, 2016 23:03:34 GMT

DAO: Zevran. I liked Alistair too, but he never works for me as a romance. I mostly play elves, and I prefer Alistair as the king. I don't want to get dumped and I don't want to be a mistress, so I've only really romanced him on my human noble playthrough.

Why don't you leave Anora as queen than, while leaving Alistair a warden? It works, lol. Or do you not trust Anora? I can understand that.

Post by marilla on Oct 5, 2016 14:44:05 GMT

DAO: Zevran. I liked Alistair too, but he never works for me as a romance. I mostly play elves, and I prefer Alistair as the king. I don't want to get dumped and I don't want to be a mistress, so I've only really romanced him on my human noble playthrough.

Why don't you leave Anora as queen than, while leaving Alistair a warden? It works, lol. Or do you not trust Anora? I can understand that.

I just don't really like Anora much, to be honest. It's the same reason I've never been able to force poor Alistair into marrying her. Plus, my elf Wardens usually reason that Alistair would be better towards the elves if he was king than Anora would. And considering what we know about Inquisition now...it would be extremely hard for me to ever put Alistair as a Warden.

Post by goldengail3 on Oct 5, 2016 21:08:34 GMT

Why don't you leave Anora as queen than, while leaving Alistair a warden? It works, lol. Or do you not trust Anora? I can understand that.

I just don't really like Anora much, to be honest. It's the same reason I've never been able to force poor Alistair into marrying her. Plus, my elf Wardens usually reason that Alistair would be better towards the elves if he was king than Anora would. And considering what we know about Inquisition now...it would be extremely hard for me to ever put Alistair as a Warden.

Meh, I'd kill Hawke without mercy to let him live - why don't you make a killable Hawke world state than? It works for me, lol.

Post by marilla on Oct 6, 2016 15:31:00 GMT

I just don't really like Anora much, to be honest. It's the same reason I've never been able to force poor Alistair into marrying her. Plus, my elf Wardens usually reason that Alistair would be better towards the elves if he was king than Anora would. And considering what we know about Inquisition now...it would be extremely hard for me to ever put Alistair as a Warden.

Meh, I'd kill Hawke without mercy to let him live - why don't you make a killable Hawke world state than? It works for me, lol.

I just couldn't do it! Poor Alistair would die every single time because I love Hawke too much, haha.

Post by dragontartare on Oct 10, 2016 3:06:36 GMT

DA2: Have only done Fenris so far, so he's the favorite by default. I intend to try Isabela too, at some point.

DAI: Have done Dorian and Cullen, and prefer Dorian. I intend to try Bull and Cassandra at some point.

Witcher 3: I'm not that far in, but so far he has been faithful to Yennefer. That may change as I go or as I learn more about their history, though.

Skyrim: I'm way too busy running around stealing produce from farmers, stealing random shit from villagers, spending nights in jail, and ultimately committing suicide by guard to bother with a romance.

Post by secretrare on Oct 12, 2016 23:22:49 GMT

DA2: Have only done Fenris so far, so he's the favorite by default. I intend to try Isabela too, at some point.

DAI: Have done Dorian and Cullen, and prefer Dorian. I intend to try Bull and Cassandra at some point.

Witcher 3: I'm not that far in, but so far he has been faithful to Yennefer. That may change as I go or as I learn more about their history, though.

Skyrim: I'm way too busy running around stealing produce from farmers, stealing random shit from villagers, spending nights in jail, and ultimately committing suicide by guard to bother with a romance.

Post by dragontartare on Oct 13, 2016 0:22:20 GMT

DA2: Have only done Fenris so far, so he's the favorite by default. I intend to try Isabela too, at some point.

DAI: Have done Dorian and Cullen, and prefer Dorian. I intend to try Bull and Cassandra at some point.

Witcher 3: I'm not that far in, but so far he has been faithful to Yennefer. That may change as I go or as I learn more about their history, though.

Skyrim: I'm way too busy running around stealing produce from farmers, stealing random shit from villagers, spending nights in jail, and ultimately committing suicide by guard to bother with a romance.

Do you play all these games togheter?

Nah, I don't have that many hands

I guess what you mean is whether I've got all these games going on at once? In that case, yes...kind of? I alternate games depending on my mood. I'm currently spending most of my time on a DA2 rogue playthrough, but I go back to W3 every so often in small doses, and have also started Assassin's Creed Syndicate (but as far as I know, that has no romance...I'm loving the sibling relationship, though). The only problem I have with going back and forth between games is that I have to re-adjust my muscle memory to the controls every time.

I haven't played Skyrim in at least a month, so that may not count anymore. I know it's super popular, but I feel "meh" about it. It's just "open world" enough for my brain to think it's The Sims 3: Medieval Edition, so I end up doing goofy shit instead of getting anything accomplished.